Fender.



F. KOUBEK.

FENDER APPLICATION FILED uc.|5.191s.

Patented Oct. 15, 1'91&

, nectionbetween the; front and spring bars.

UNITED sTAr-rns' PAT NT OFFICE.

FRANK KOUBEK, OI CLEVELAND. OH IO.

FENDER To all whom finial concern:

Be it known -t lat .l. lRA-NK"Kiiii|inK, a citizen ot' the United States. and resident of Clevela uhin thecounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders, of which I hereby declare tlie following to. be a full, clear. and exact description; such as will enabhe others skilled in the. art to which rtains tomuke and use the same.

b'jec'ts o'f'the invention are to provide plen nd substantial form of fender. for tor vehicles; wliitdiiis" loi'igitudiniillyand verticall ad'ustable to accommodate it to the widt ifian The invention. comprises a transverse bar,

which is extended in front of or in the rear. of the vehicle at a sh ht distance therefrom,

and is connected wit fixed-portions of the frame byrrneans of leterelly. and inwardlyextending spring bars WhlCh' connect the outer ends of seid bar with saidifixedportions of said fran'iesT f The invention also includes a resilient outer coating such as a solid rubber sleeve mounted upon the transverse bar and means for detachably connecting the said spring ba-rs to the ends of said transverse bar and to said frame portions.

The invention further com rises'the 'conibination'and arrangement 0 parts hcreinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims. t F

lInlthe accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the device; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the transverse and spring-bars; Fig; 3 is ene'nl j connection between the end of the, transverse Figs. 4 and 5 show modifications of t ie con- In these views A,A, are extremities of the frai-ne;.-of -thevehicle. B is a bar transversely posit oned in front of the'frame'and f hating its extremities turned reerwerdly at 13' B".

C is a solid rubber sleeve mounted upon Silld transverse bar or rod B and designed to absorb the first shock of the im not; D,

D arelitterallx nnd inwardly .exten ing of spring steel or otherspri meta-l int the enlarged ends or he'adsof w iich the ends' of thebar B are sereweih.und'the.inner exnew 10s of- ;the pnii g "bars; are inserted Specification of Letters Patent.

height of the running gear of g the vehicle.

yielding-9f the let of the vehicle and the de the scope rged lio'rizontelsection ofthe Patented Oct. 15,1918.

Application flied December 15. 1818. Serial No. 137,281.

in the ends of the longitudinal rods E, E,

and are made adjustable therein by means of set screws E 1'.

These longitudinal bars or rods are in turn longitudinally uiovable within a short limit in the socket members F, F, and impinge against the rubber buffers G, G. inelosed within the socket members. Cap nuts H, H, secure the rods. E, E, in lace. The socket JmembersFfF, can be ongitudiniilly jedjus tedupon the curved end of the; frame. members X -A to vertieal ad j ustment vvtogthe fofrw ard'end o the fender, by means of the'hook bolts 1, Land clampin bars 1, J. Then in use the shock of a eol ision ispertiallv absorbed by the resilient sleeve C, is furt er reduced by the eral spring bars E, and is dlso, received upon the inclosed rubber buffers G, G; thus protectin r the exposed parts iicate engines from" injury. I t

i t is obvious that the frontbar B and'ithe lateral spring bars D. D'vean be made inte 30 gral. if desired, and the rubber coating slipped over the end. It is preferredhowever to make them as shown in Figs. 1, 3. 4,

or o.

In Fig. 4 the bar I) is shown attached to a separate cap D by means of bolts or screws D In Fig. 5 the end of the bar is shaped like-- an eye at D and a nut- D chimps" it against a shoulder D on the extremity B of the rod B.

' Other modificati of the claims. n

Having described the invention what I claijn'fas new and desire to secure by Let- 9 tors Petentisze 1.In adevice for the purpose. tlescribe d;; a frame. a: bow shaped transverse bur pro ons are included within :vided with a. resilient .inc'lo'sing sleeve. and- "ii hiring its extremities rearwardlx turned, left ite y inmprmg 1 m r .1 theirouter ends tdt'h'e xtren' t-ie'so idbofw;

shapedbarjsocltet .niemhers u. one Q fr-tune and spring ressed s ring kidding-"members, longitndinall hers. the inner extremities oisaid spring bars y move le in said ocltet mem lo'i bldi' iig jmam'bers longitudinally movable in:.

sa-id'bcket mbmbers.

3. The cbnibin ixtio'n-in a vehicle-fender',-0f

.a-hansVerSebar chrved at its ends, spring bars laterally ahd'jnwardly extending h om the ci x-rved ends of said tr'an'isverse bar, said sgring barshfiving enlarged heads in which t e ends-of Said transverse bar'nlre rigidly secured and a resilient sleeve mountdhpon said transverse bar and rvtainedin positlo'u by said enlarged head, a frame, socket 111e|nbrs securedthe-reto, spring pressed r0'ds therein, and means fQI seem-mg said Spring bars in said rods.

' VII-1' testimony whereof,- I: l'leueuh tq set my 2d hand this 13th da-y of'N y. 1916.-

FRANK KOUBEK. V

In presence 0f WM. M. Moxnon. S. \V. SANGSTER. 

